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46th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., JAN. 4, 190\ *» 



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"The Parting" or Farewell to 1905 



BY EUQENE SECOR 



Good-bye, Old Year ! 



I would that you could tarry here. 



My heart exclaims, " Old friends are best "- 



It holds them dear above the rest. 



Good-bye, Old Year ! 

 I say the words with many a fear; 

 When you are gone another one 

 Of life's unraveled threads is gone. 



Good-bye, Old Year I 

 Thus some we hold in life most dear 

 Slip outward through the door, and stay. 

 Heedless of tears, both jou and they. 



I'm older now than when you came— 

 And wiser? Ah, how low my aim ! 

 But wisdom comes through many a sigh- 

 Old Year, good-bye 1 



Good-bye, Old Year ! 

 Your lusty rival standeth near; 

 But I am loth to see you die — 

 Old Year, good-bye ! good-bye ! 



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View of " Washington Apiary" from the North. 

 One of the Government Apiari s at Washington, D. C. — (See page 6.) 



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